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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Albert Ayodele" <al_ayodele01@msn.com>
Reply-To: albert_ayo5@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:48:43 +0000
Subject: details get back to me

KOLOMA CHAMBERS
{Solicitor & Advocate}
124 Nnamdi Azikiwe Street,
Balogun Lagos Nigeria.
phone 234-8030499209

My Dear

I am Barr. Albert Ayodele (Esq) personal attorney to Engr.Mark George ,a
national of your country, who worked with Zenon Oil Company here in
Nigeria here in after,shall be referred to as my client.My client with his
entire family (The wife and Children) were among the victims of an explosion
in Lagos, Nigeria, that happened on January 27,2002 which, claimed many
lives and property.

See the 2 website of the bomb explosion below: -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm

I have made several inquiries to your embassy after his internment to
locate any of his extended relatives, but all this has proved
unsuccessful.Consequently, I decided to track you over the Internet, to
assiste me to get this money out from the company My purpose of contacting
you is to assist in repatriating the deposited fund of US$13, Million USD
that was lodged in by my late client in a Finance Company when he was alive.

The repatriation is as a result of a fourteen days notice (ultimatum)
that has been issued to me by the Finance company requesting me to present
to them a next of kin to my late client so that the fund would be
repatriated to him/her.

Failure to do that after the expiration of the ultimatum will result in
the confiscation and freezing of the account by the finance company. For
the fact that I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2
years plus now, I now seek your consent to present you as the next kin
to the deceased since you have the same last name with my client, so that
the fund would be transferred to you.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, I shall officially
present you to the finance company as the next of kin to the inheritance so
that they will commence the processing of your fund transfer. I need your
assistance and co-operation to get this deal done. Because as a
foreigner,you stand a better position to be presented through documentation
as the next of kin/Partner since the deceased is also a foreigner,this is
the reason why I could not do this deal alone as a Nigerian and a Blackman
as well. I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk
free. On smooth conclusion of this transaction,you will be entitled to 35%
of the total sum as gratification,while 5% will be set aside to take care
of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone
bills, while 60% will be for me.and Please you have been advised to keep
this "Top Secret"as we are still in service and intend to retire from
service after we conclude thisdeal with you,

Moreover, I would want you to feed me with the following details:
Your Full name:
Age:
Sex:
Phone Number and Fax if any:
Occupation:

Furthermore, what I require from you is your honest cooperation to
enable us see this transactions through. I guarantee that this will be
executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of the law.

Please reply me as soon as possible for us to start this transaction in
earnest.

Yours faithfully,

BARRISTER ALBERT AYODELE

KOLOMA CHAMBERS


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